====== ISCI 490: Student Directed Seminar ======

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Dept-Code    : ISCI
Course-Num   : 490
Credits_     : 3
Core-ISCI    : no
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Term         : See http://studentdirectedseminars.ubc.ca for current offerings.
Prereqs_     : none
Coreqs_      : none
Active       : yes
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  * http://studentdirectedseminars.ubc.ca

====== Description ======

IntSci students can propose to create and lead a course currently not offered at UBC. To apply students must find a faculty sponsor for their proposed seminar, develop a course outline and submit it as well as an application to UBC's SDS Advisory Committee for approval. 

The Student Directed Seminars (SDS) program is a student-driven experience that allows undergraduate students to create, organize and lead their own course. The SDS program provides upper-year undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in an enriched educational experience by initiating, coordinating, and leading small, collaborative, group learning experiences for their peers on a topic of their choosing. SDS courses are particularly relevant to IntSci students who have their own unique programs. A course, for example, could be designed around the theme of an IntSci student's integration.

Applications open in late 2013 for 2014/2015 course offerings. Please visit the [[http://studentdirectedseminars.ubc.ca/application-process/|SDS Application website]] for more details. Please also feel free to contact the IntSci main office with questions relating to SDS courses.


====== Past ISCI 490 course offerings ======

  * The Politicization of Science (Coordinator:Elizabeth Hendren, Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Sunita Chowrira)
  * Science and Civilization in Islam (Coordinators: Aalia Sachedina and Raheem Noormohammed, Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Shafik Dharamsi)
  * Globalization and the Environment (Coordinators: Ashley Good and Shelby Tay, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. George Spiegelman)
  * A Scientific and Experiential Exploration of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (Coordinator: Muneera Hussain, Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Lyren Chiu)
  * Community Ecology & Communicable Diseases (Coordinators: Rehana Nanjijuma and Shazia Karmali, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Shafiq Dharamsi)
  * Medical Innovation and Healthcare Politics (Coordinator: Pouya Rezazadeh-Azar, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ian Scott)
  * An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas (Coordinator: Becky Freedman, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lee Gass)

